Monument to Fidel Castro, Bronze monument in Sokol district, Moscow, Russia
The Monument to Fidel Castro is a three-metre bronze figure with an artificial green patina standing on a granite pedestal at Fidel Castro Square in Moscow's Sokol district. The bearded Castro, in an unbuttoned jacket, cap and boots, stands on a sculpted rock bearing the outline of Cuba and the word "CUBA". The pedestal is inscribed "FIDEL".
The unveiling took place on November 22, 2022, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in attendance. The Russian Military-Historical Society had previously held a competition among artists, selecting the final design from eleven submitted proposals.
The square was named after Fidel Castro by a Moscow government decree on 15 February 2017, before any monument existed there. The bronze figure stands with its back to the fountain of the Divisions of the Moscow People's Militia park. Two woven baskets of flowers and ribbon rest on the pedestal inscribed "FIDEL".
The monument stands at the intersection of Novopeschanaya and 2nd Peschanaya streets, on Fidel Castro Square in the Sokol district. It was moved from the square's centre toward the road edge because of underground utilities, so look for it near the roadway. The nearest metro is Sokol on the Zamoskvoretskaya line.
The monument was meant to stand in the centre of Fidel Castro Square, but underground utilities forced the authors to shift it toward one edge of the road. It was hoisted onto its pedestal on 19 November 2022, three days before the official unveiling.
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